You may recall that Kane threatened to sue back in March, after the Inquirer wrote a series of articles about her office's abandonment of a case against five public officials (including four state representatives) that allegedly took money in exchange for votes. She even had Philadelphia power attorney Dick Sprague accompany her to a meeting with Inquirer officials.

Kane said Sprague accompanied her because she thought there was a potential defamation lawsuit. But Kane said she has not pursued the matter further and is no longer represented by Sprague.

When news first broke of the sting operation, Kane said the case she inherited from then-Attorney General Tom Corbett's office was deeply flawed.

She called the Inquirer reporting " inaccurate and sensational" and described the anonymous sources as "cowardly." She also alleged that the investigation was racially motivated. All four state reps were African-American.